-CSIT Release Notes\r
-==================\r
-\r
-Changes in CSIT |release|\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
-\r
- - further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024\r
- - addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds\r
-\r
-#. Added tests\r
-\r
- - NICs\r
-\r
- - Intel x710 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding, vhost-user)\r
- - Cisco VIC1385 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
- - Cisco VIC1227 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
-\r
- - vhost-user tests with VM\r
-\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with VxLAN and Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel xl710 NIC\r
-\r
- - Tests with VxLAN\r
-\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with vhost-user, VM and Intel x520\r
- NIC\r
-\r
-Performance Improvements\r
-------------------------\r
-\r
-Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput, with relative increase\r
-of double-digit percentage points, have been observed in a number of CSIT\r
-|release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are calculated against the\r
-test results in CSIT rls1701 report.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 Mpps | 12.2..12.4 Mpps | 28..30% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 Mpps | 2.8..3.2 Mpps | 460..540% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.4..10.6 Mpps | 33..36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 Mpps | 2.7..2.8 Mpps | 575..600% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 12% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 7.6..7.8 Mpps | 10..13% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 Mpps | 2.6 Mpps | 767% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 Mpps | 7.3..7.7 Mpps | 143..157% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7..12.9 Mpps | 35..37% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.1 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 Mpps | 3.2..3.3 Mpps | 23..26% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.6 Mpps | 36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 Mpps | 2.9 Mpps | 38% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 11% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 Mpps | 2.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-\r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.01 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.01/release_notes_1701.html>`_.\r
-\r
-Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
-optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
-optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
-vhost".\r
-\r
-\r
-Other Performance Changes\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
-increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests\r
-listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
-rls1701 report.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0 Mpps | 6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0..9.2 Mpps | 6..8% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 7.8..8.1 Mpps | -8..-5% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 7.4..7.6 Mpps | 7..10% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 Mpps | 4.8 Mpps | 9% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | 0..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 5.3..5.7 Mpps | -18..-12% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | -6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 Mpps | 4.2 Mpps | -21% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | -6..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0 Mpps | 6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0..9.2 Mpps | 6..8% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 Mpps | 8.1 Mpps | -2% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 7.6..7.8 Mpps | 7..10% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 7.4..7.6 Mpps | 4..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 Mpps | 4.8 Mpps | 9% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 Mpps | 7.3..7.7 Mpps | -5..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | 0..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 5.3..5.7 Mpps | -23..-17% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | -6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 Mpps | 4.2 Mpps | -21% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | -6..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-\r
-Known Issues\r
-------------\r
-\r
-Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
-\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| # | Issue | Description |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 1 | Sporadic IPv4 routed-forwarding NDR discovery | Suspected issue with DPDK IPv4 checksum calculation. |\r
-| | test failures for 1518B frame size | Observed frequency: sporadic, ca. 20% to 30% of test runs. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 2 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 NICs jumbo frames test | Suspected issue with VIC DPDK drivers that do not support jumbo |\r
-| | failures (9000B) | frames (dropped rx-miss). Observed frequency: 100%. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 performance | Low performance of NDR results. Big difference between NDR and |\r
-| | | PDR. . |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
-| | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 5 | Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR throughput | Suspected NIC driver issue in multi-thread multi-core operation |\r
-| | results for multi-thread multi-core tests | affectin NDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs tested. |\r
-| | - 2t2c, 4t4c - for some tested NICs. | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-\r
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Changes in |csit-release|
+-------------------------
+
+#. **VPP Performance Tests**
+
+ - **MRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has now
+ configurable trial duration and number of consecutive executions.
+ Coverage of MRR tests has been extended across more test
+ scenarios. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending
+ and for comparison between VPP releases.
+
+ - **MLRsearch Throughput**: MLRsearch algorithm has been introduced
+ for all NDR and PDR throughput tests. All tests that previously
+ used binary search got converted to MLRsearch. Coverage of NDR/PDR
+ tests has been extended across more test scenarios.
+
+ - **L2patch Tests**: Tests measure performance of VPP L2patch, the
+ fastest L2 forwarding path implemented in VPP, that cross-links
+ RX and TX of two physical interfaces.
+
+ - **2-Node Tests**: A new baseline set of 2-node tests covering base
+ ip4, ip6, l2patch, l2bd, l2xc, running on new Xeon Skylake
+ testbeds.
+
+ - **Generated tests**: Simplified and unified test structure, semi-
+ autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently
+ able to create test combinations with various frame size and
+ cores combinations. All existing test cases were converted to new
+ format.
+
+ - **Simultaneous Multi-Threading**: SMT-aware detection of server
+ processor operation mode (HyperThreading enabled/disabled) with
+ associated compute resource configuration including thread
+ affinity, number of Rx queues and DPDK I/O mbufs. Tests are
+ automatically tagged during execution to indicate executed thread
+ configuration.
+
+ - **Intel Xeon Skylake Support**: Support for 2-Node and 3-Node
+ physical testbed topologies based on the new SuperMirco servers
+ each with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum processors. Full
+ Ansible playbooks refactor for quick server (re)installation and
+ reference pointers of configuration.
+
+#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer**
+
+ - **Performance trending**: Further improved continuous performance
+ trending with anomaly detection and analysis.
+
+#. **Test Framework Optimizations**
+
+ - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
+ removal of redundant RF keywords.
+
+Performance Changes
+-------------------
+
+Relative performance changes in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet
+throughput in |csit-release| are calculated against the test results
+from |csit-release-1| report, for tests running on 3-Node Intel Xeon
+Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) in 1-core, 2-core and 4-core (MRR only)
+configurations.
+
+Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on a series
+of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to verify
+test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for mean
+values. Note that the standard deviation is quite high for a small
+number of packet throughput tests, what indicates poor test results
+repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not
+fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor
+results repeatability vary between the test cases.
+
+NDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+NDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `CSV 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_,
+ - `ASCII 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_,
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+PDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `CSV 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_,
+ - `ASCII 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_,
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+MRR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MRR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_,
+ - `CSV 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_,
+ - `CSV 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_,
+ - `ASCII 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_,
+ - `ASCII 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_,
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+Skx vs. Hsw Comparison
+----------------------
+
+Relative performance comparison in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet
+throughput is calculated for tests executed on 3-Node Skylake (3n-skx)
+and 3-Node Haswell (3n-hsw) physical testbed types in 1-core
+configurations.
+
+NDR Comparison
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+NDR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1c NDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1c NDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+PDR Comparison
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PDR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1c PDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1c PDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+MRR Comparison
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MRR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty
+ASCII formats:
+
+ - `CSV 1c MRR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_,
+ - `ASCII 1c MRR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
+ `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_
+ with RF result
+ files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+Throughput Trending
+-------------------
+
+In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT
+provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch:
+
+#. `VPP Performance Dashboard <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/introduction/index.html>`_
+ - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of
+ detected anomalies.
+
+#. `Trending Methodology <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/methodology/index.html>`_
+ - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly
+ classification (progression, regression, outlier).
+
+#. `Trendline Graphs <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/trending/index.html>`_
+ - per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline
+ with anomaly highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs.
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
+
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |
++===+=================================================+============+=================================================================+
+| 1 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures | CSIT-570 | DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. Suspected issue |
+| | on x520. | | with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed |
+| | | | outside of LF testbeds. |
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | High failure rate of api call | VPP-1361 | Failure rate: 30-40% of tests failing due to interfaces not |
+| | sw_interface_set_flags [admin-up|link-up] | | in link-up state after API call sw_interface_set_flags. |
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | Scale IPSecHW Interface mode throughput | CSIT-1234 | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -28%..-31%, PDR -28%..-31%, |
+| | regression. | | MRR -40%. Affects IPSec HW Scale 1000tnl tests with Int mode. |
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